Collapsible stand



W. P. STUBBS CoLLAPsIBLE STAND June 5, 1923.

Filed Aug. 31. 1921 /N VEN OR 055 Patented .lune 5, 1923.

WILLIAM rowmir.LsrUBBs4 or LEER, ENGLANDQ] ooLLersreLE STAND.

.Application led Augustl, 1921. Serial No. 497,289.

To all whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, VILLIAM 'PownALL STUBBs, subject of the King ofGreat'Britain, residing at 42 Gsborne'Street, Leek, 5 Staffordshire,England, have invented new and useful Collapsible Stands (for which Iphave filed application in Great Britain, No.

13,937, VMay 20, 1920) and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will'enableothers skilled in the art towhiclr it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention 'relates to collapsible stands, for supporting lordisplayingfvcalendars,'

menu cards, advertisements, wearing apparel and other suitable articles,of,` the kind constructed for `preference from a single piece-ofmaterial bentto form two thicln nesses of` -material the opposing facesof 2G which are secured together over a pre-determined area the lowerend being unattached andv formed with a number of bending creases ortheir equivalent so disposedas to enable the bottom edges of the adheredor connected surfaces to rest upon the base of such lower end of thestand so as to spread the two thicknesses of material apart at suchlower end and thus provide a supporting surface for' the stand andmeansy for temporarily maintaining such lower portion in its set upposition as above described ,consisting of a, tongue piece formedintegral orvotherwise -with said base portion and adapted to interengagewith anJ adjacent portion of the.

vset up.,

device for the purpose above mentioned.

Hither'to :the base portion of an article of theabove character assumeda substantially triangular shape when .set up and the tongue piece orpieces engaged a slot in the 40 bottom-side of such baseportion forsupporting the same in such set up position.

` An article according to the presentinven tion has a base portion whichassumesa substantially rectangular form when set upf and the tonguepiece 'or pieces isor are cutv outof the bottom side of such baseportion and project vertically upwards sov as to engage between theopposingzfaces of the upper portion ofthe device.

The present invention therefore comprisesl a collapsible stand of theabove character. ,having a body vportion formed by securing the opposingfaces of the two thicknesses of material'together over a predeterminedarea 55. or series of points and bounded'along its botsame collapsed.

tomedgeby parallel bending creases formed one 1n each `thickness ofmaterialv and close up to the connected surfaces, a base portionconsisting of an area over which the 'thicknessof :i

material'are unattached and when collapsed 60 upflatbounded upon onelongitudinal side by theaforesaid bendingcreases and on the otherlongitudinal side by the bottom edge ofthe thicknesses of material andhaving'a pair of spaced parallel bending'V creases '65 formed` in eachthicknessl of material substantially midway between the said bound# arysides of the base portionso as to cause;` the sides of the baseportion,'when set up,to spread out and form a substantially rece'n7`o4tangular figure. f vIn order that the invention maybe clearlyunderstood several practical applications of the same willnow bedescribed by aid of the accompanying drawings in which :-v Fig. 1- isaplan of one form of stand ac' cording to this invention showing" thesame collapsed. j L

. Fig. 2 is a perspective view-:of the same in the open or set upvposition and lto al M larger scale. A Fig. 3 is a plan of a further formof stand according to this invention showing the' Fig; i is arperspective view ofl the same T85. set-up'7? I l 4 v l' v v. Fig. 5 is aplan of a further form of stand showing the same collapsed. t

Fig. -6fis a-perspective view of the same v Referring nowto Figs. land 2the stand!` therein illustrated is constructed from a single 'piece'ofcardboard or similarfm'aterial with the exception oftwo attached pieceshereafter to be described. The material visbent double about the topedgeforl bending crease 10 and from a convenient distance down the twothicknesses of material ll'and 12V are secured together face to face by"staples 13 or `-other suitable fastening -100 means or by gluing so as`to constitute a i rigid and normally vertical portion 14 which portionis bounded at top and abottom by f horizontally disposed bending creases15'and 1 6 respectively which are arranged in pairs in each `thicknessof materialll and 12. y

A' further pair of bending creases 17 are disposed parallel with andmid-way between the bending creases 10 and 15 by which means the upperportion, which'will be gene erally referred to hereafter as 18, may becollapsed towards the top edge of the portion 14 for the purpose ot'providing an automatically adjustable gripping medium for securingarticles in position therein such articles being inserted through thecut away portion 19 so as to extend inwardly in one I by the bottom edgeis referred to generally by the reference numeral 21. This portion 21 isadapted to constitute the base ot the stand and Jfor this`purpose it isprovided with suitably spaced parallel bending creases 22 and 23arranged in pairs as are the other and before mentioned bending creases.These creases 22 and 23 and the creases 16 enable the portion 21 to becollapsed up against the bottom edge of the portion 14 the normalposition being reached when the inside face of the adjacent end ot thethicknesses 11 contacts with the bottom edge of the portion 14. In thisposition the top faces 24 of the ortion 21 are inclined inwardly towardsthe sides of the portion 14 thus providing convenient ledges orreceptacles for holding pens, pencils and analogous articles. `When onlypartially collapsed the sides of the portion 21 form an approximatelyrectangular ligure.

The portion 21 is maintained in the supporting position illustrated inFig. 2 by means of a pair of tongue pieces 25 which are integral withthe thickness 11 from which they are severed on two sidesonly theremaining or attached side constituting the bending crease about whichsuch tongue pieces may be bent so as to assume a position which isnormally at right angles to the surface to which they are attached. Thisbent or vertical position is indicated.

` in Fig. 2 where the tongue pieces are shown as inserted between thethicknesses 11 and 12 composing the portion 14. The irictional gripthereby obtained between these inserted tongue pieces and the insideopposing faces ot the thicknesses 11 and 12 is suiiicient to maintainthe base portion 21 in the collapsed or supporting position shown.Buttresses 26 are provided arranged one upon each side ot the portion 14for supporting the same in the upright position such buttresses beingformed integral at buttresses having been removed therefrom by cuttingas previously explained. The recesses 28 are thus dovetail in shape thewidest end being adjacent to the outer edges of the surfaces 24 andconstituted by the bending creases 22.

To support the portion 14 the buttresses are bent inwardly as shown theenlarged ends or inturned extremities 27 being then` inserted throughthe wide ends of the recesses 28 and finally pushed up so as. to residebeneath the over lapping edges of, the surfaces 24 as indicated indotted lines.` in Fig. 2. ln this position they are sup-- ported againstthe undersurface of such; over lapping edges'by separate strips29 whichare secured by their outer edges directly beneath each of the recesses28 so as to constitute with the over lapping edges of the surfaces 24grooves for receiving the corresponding edges of the inturnedextremities 27 of the buttresses, and operat`v ing to support suchinturned extremities flat against the undersurtace 0i the surfaces24.r

In Figs. 3 and 4 is illustrated an embodiment ot this inventionV asadapted for carrying or supporting menu cards, calendars and analogousfiat articles. In this example ,the two'thicknesses of material 11 andy12 are bent double about a longitudinal bending crease 30 whichconstitutes the cen-l treskof the base portion 21. The bendingvcreases22, 23, and 16 in'this base portiony are situated and operate asdescribed in con; nectionvwith Figs. 1 and 2.

The two thicknesses 11 and 12 are gluedtogether to constitute theportion14 a predetermined area being left unattached Vfor the receptiontherebetween of the tongue piece 25. The menu card,j calendar or otherflat article is attached to either or both-fVl faces or' the portion 14.The noseof the tongue piece25 is shown as protected `by a metal" shield31. Such a shield may with advantage be used in every embodiment ot" theinvention as it eectually prevents the tongue piecesfrom becoming frayedor split after constant use. The embodiment illus!- trated in Figs. 5and 6 is adapted especially.. as a stand for displaying collars andsimilar articles for which purpose the top edges. of: the ythicknesses11 and 12 are cut at anangle and unattached down to the bending creases32 which bending creases enable such edges*` to be 'y splayed apart asshown in Fig. 6. rlhe articles to be displayed areattached between theseedges in any convenient andy suitable manner, To enable such edges4 to"eisp be bent in variousdirectionsthe same may be split as indicated at33. The bottom or supporting portion'2l is as illustrated and describedin connection With Figs. 3 and 4. Having now particularly described andascertained the nature of my said inven,

tion and in What manner the sameis to be performed, I declare that whatI claim is A collapsible stand formed from a single sheet of materialhaving `a line of fold dividing the sheet into Va body portion and asupporting base, said sheet being adapted to be folded to extend the'base laterally outward with respect to said body portion, said bodyportion and said base being provided Withslit's extending across vsaidline of fold y to provide a buttress having a free end,-

interlock between the base portion and said buttress. y l y In Witnesswhereof I have signed this specification. y

WILLIAM POWNALL Siri-Inns.y f j vto `the body portion thereby toprovidean

